As reported by Space Daily, surveillance system integration firm North American Surveillance Systems Inc., (NASS) has been awarded multiple contracts for work on the U.S. Air Force's Blue Devil Block II (BD2) Airship project.
"The BD2 project requires thousands of feet of specialized wires and harnesses for the airship's surveillance data processing supercomputer systems," commented Richard McCourt, NASS president. The giant 370-foot long unmanned aircraft is reportedly seven times the size of the Goodyear blimp and will be deployed for surveillance missions over Afghanistan early in 2012.
"[Our] expert wire assemblers and engineers are creating the 800,000 feet or 151 miles of wiring required for the airship's two gondolas in NASS' operations center and hangar facility north of Orlando, Florida. In addition, NASS has been given the contract for the complete installation and integration of the cockpit control console and NASS will also provide assistance in the integration into the surveillance airship which is located in Elizabeth City, NC," added McCourt.
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The Air Force had previously granted its $86.2 million Blue Devil Block II development contract to MAV6, a defense technology company, who has now chosen NASS to provide the wiring harness assembly for the UAV airship.
"NASS is proud to partner with MAV6 LLC and the U.S. Air Force. As an AS9100 and ISO9001 company, NASS will continue to provide that same level of excellence as it has in the past," concluded McCourt.
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